Seminar with Family and Kinship Studies

Welcome to the Center for Gender Research for an afternoon of research presentations and discussion focused on questions concerning meanings of family/kinship and parenthood on Tuesday May 10 between 13.15 and 17.00. If you are interested in attending please contact Helena Wahlström Henriksson. Karen Hansen (Brandeis University), currently Fulbright Professor at SINAS speaks about the involvement of mothers, fathers and other adults in children’s lives. Chitra Sinha (Bahrein University), currently visiting scholar at the Centre for Gender Research, speaks on motherhood and law in India Helena Wahlström Henriksson, Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Research, speaks on sons’ writing (about) their mothers in Swedish auto/biographies. 15.15-17.00 in the Karin Westman Berg room Anindita Majumdar (Munipal University, India) Match-making Genes: Conflicted Kinship in Commercial Surrogacy in India.